David Thorpe of Scouts Inc, talks about this season's rookies on ESPN Insider.  The hottest rookie right now?  Darren Collison.

If I told you that the starting point guard for New Orleans is averaging 20.8 points, 8.9 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game this month, you probably wouldn't be surprised because the Hornets have the game's best point guard in Chris Paul. But those are Collison's numbers, of course, in place of the injured Paul. 

The rookie has scored 22 or more points in five of the Hornets' past six games and added at least nine assists in each of those high-scoring games. In the other game, he scored 18 points and handed out 12 assists. He has been productive while also playing great in the clutch. 

He's not in CP3's league -- in that six-game span, he had 35 turnovers -- but for a point guard who is being asked to do so much, the Hornets can live with that. My favorite part of watching the Hornets play is during timeouts, when Collison gets counseled by Paul.